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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Chrysomeloidea.
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Examples
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Larvae of the family Chrysomelidae obtain their oxygen by piercing the tissues of aquatic plants and drawing out oxygen stored within.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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In the denser thickets I would capture the small metal-blue butterflies (Amblypodia) sitting on the leaves, as well as some rare and beautiful leaf-beetles of the families Hispidae and Chrysomelidae.
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(Nodonota irazuensis and Nodonota cat parvula, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae).
Chapter 4 1990
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Leaf-beetles (Chrysomelidae) some larvae feed openly on the foliage of trees or herbs, while others burrow into the plant tissues.
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Of beetles we have undoubted Curculionidae from the Lias and Trias; Chrysomelidae in the same deposits; Cerambycidae in the
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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In the denser thickets I would capture the small metal-blue butterflies (Amblypodia) sitting on the leaves, as well as some rare and beautiful leaf-beetles of the families Hispidae and Chrysomelidae.
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Among these, there were only two of the Carabidae, four Brachelytra, fifteen Rhyncophora, and fourteen of the Chrysomelidae.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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The carrion-feeders and Brachelytra are very uncommon; on the other hand, the Rhyncophora and Chrysomelidae, all of which depend on the vegetable world for subsistence, are present in astonishing numbers.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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Mikhailov YE (2001) Significance of color polymorphism in mountain populations of abundant leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Marcus K. Drotz et al. 2010
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Phratora vulgatissima (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): plant quality or natural enemies?
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Peter Dalin et al. 2009
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